‘Fast and Furious’ report exonerates AG Holder
Yet another major right-wing outrage goes pffffft, as was predicted here almost a year ago.
An internal Justice Department investigation into the Operation Fast and Furious scandal singles out 14 different officials for criticism and possible disciplinary action. But a report out Wednesday found no evidence that the department’s top leaders knew about the gun-walking aspect of the operation when it was underway.
… the investigators found Attorney General Eric Holder didn’t know about the controversial operation until after the scandal emerged in the wake of the discovery of two weapons linked to the operation at the scene of the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent in December 2010.
The investigative report (available here) was harshly critical of the operation itself, as it should have been, noting that “the investigations were seriously flawed in several respects, most significantly in their failure to adequately consider the risk to public safety in the United States and Mexico.” None of that was a surprise; the operation has been widely acknowledged as botched.
However, the report exonerated Holder, finding that “we determined that Attorney General Holder did not learn about Operation Fast and Furious until late January or early February 2011 and was not aware of allegations of “gun walking” in the investigation until February…..
We found that Attorney General Holder had no involvement in drafting or reviewing the February 4 letter that he decided to withdraw in December 2011 after concluding that it contained inaccuracies. …. we determined that Holder had no part in the fact-gathering, editing, or approval process that led to the Department’s issuance of an inaccurate response on February 4.”
Holder’s response is a study in understatement:
“It is unfortunate that some were so quick to make baseless accusations before they possessed the facts about these operations – accusations that turned out to be without foundation and that have caused a great deal of unnecessary harm and confusion. I hope today’s report acts as a reminder of the dangers of adopting as fact unsubstantiated conclusions before an investigation of the circumstances is completed.”
Holder may hope for such a thing, but even he knows that hope is in vain.
– Jay Bookman
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0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
8:46 pm
Headline: “Tennessee: Pregame prayer isn’t unconstitutional”
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/tennessee-pre-game-prayer-isn-t-unconsitutional-152421129–ncaaf.html
But ………… but …………… but ……………. Mr. ACLU, they are going to need it when they play Georgia !!!
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
8:47 pm
Romney vows to help the poor when he is talking to the poor but what would he say about the poor if he were talking to a group of the wealthiest? Hmmmmm.
Obambarrassment
September 19th, 2012
8:47 pm
Kamshack @ 841,
Just look at the DOJ Inspector General’s web site.
And read about how wrong you are.
…Oh, and keep the expletives flying please. I LIKE them. It helps me know you really are touched by the truth.
Obambarrassment
September 19th, 2012
8:49 pm
Bookman chickened out and went to bed early, eh.
Me too then.
Let it be said here that he was wrong, and that he quit.
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
8:50 pm
…because they believe they should have the power to tell you what to do.”
But all I ask a con to do is think. Is that asking too much!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
8:51 pm
I’m simply amazed at your unwillingness to understand the crux of the matter here. The evidence is in Holder’s keeping Jay. It still is
Oww that is embarassing. to claim that there is “evidence” that no one has seen. Up there in birther land. But I suppose you can point to places in the report that says “we were denied access to …. ”
You know this “evidence” exists because you wish it so? How foolish.
Doggone/GA
September 19th, 2012
8:52 pm
“But all I ask a con to do is think. Is that asking too much!
Evidently it is
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
8:53 pm
Clearly, Republicans should be looking for a blue dress.
JamVet
September 19th, 2012
8:54 pm
republicans are going to defund firehouses
What in Jehoshaphat’s name are you mumbling about?
Put down the crack pipe and pony up the dough on your severely cowardly candidate. Hell you’ve got great odds! (If you don’t understand what that means, ask someone to explain them to you…)
The man is a train wreck and even the deplorable Newt was absolutely right about him – he is the weakest GOP front runner since 1932.
Barry’s writers are preparing his version of Gehrig’s “Luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech.
But go ahead and vote for that American embassy blaming slimeball…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
8:55 pm
Why can Congress start with a prayer but not the University of Tenn-O-see ?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 19th, 2012
8:55 pm
Just look at the DOJ Inspector General’s web site.
Again — this was addressed by Paul on the first page of this thread.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/09/19/fast-and-furious-report-exonerates-ag-holder/?cp=1#comment-1081592
Keep being 4 pages behind, it helps me know that your head was touched by an anvil.
Doggone/GA
September 19th, 2012
8:56 pm
“Clearly, Republicans should be looking for a blue dress.”
They’re too busy to do that. They have a LOT of inventing to do.
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
8:58 pm
The evidence has to be there. It just has to be.
I heard it on Fox and talk radio as well as reading it on Drudge and the Blaze. And they are as factual as they come. Not like those librul media liars and commies.
Where is it Holder?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
8:58 pm
touched by an anvil.
That was a great show. Are you talking the one with Michael Landon or that coyote?
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
8:59 pm
Enter your comments here
JamVet
September 19th, 2012
9:00 pm
Well, it’s pretty obvious that Holder is heavier than a duck………..
Great Python reference, Mr_B!
(What do we burn apart from witches?!!)
bman
September 19th, 2012
9:00 pm
Why didnt I know anything about this….boy, I am really out of the loop on things
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 19th, 2012
9:01 pm
Keep
It was the one with Roma Downey Jr. as Iron Woman.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 19th, 2012
9:07 pm
(What do we burn apart from witches?!!)
MORE WITCHES!
USA Patriot
September 19th, 2012
9:08 pm
Wow, and intermal investigation from the AG’s office cleared the AG as being ignorant, stupid, unknowing anything about anything – I’M SHOCKED! What a crock!
stands for decibels
September 19th, 2012
9:10 pm
Darryl Issa certainly has no proof.
He couldn’t find his own ass with both hands, a flashlight and GPS.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Oy vey, it would be nice if the cons came up with a new post. this is just minor variations on the same nonsense theme. Where is the creativity?
kayaker 71
September 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
You really have be some kind of gold plated dumb ass to believe that Holder was not complicit in this whole sordid mess. Ever wonder why he was “exonerated”? Bozo is sitting on all of the evidence.
stands for decibels
September 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
I haven’t read all the comments, but has anyone bothered to wonder why we don’t have an actual director of the ATF, yet?
stands for decibels
September 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Clearly, Republicans should be looking for a blue dress.
No, they need to wait until about halfway through Obama’s second term, so they can lose in the mid-terms and see Obama’s approvals shoot to the mid-60s.
(And that’s if they *find* one.)
stands for decibels
September 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
anyway, I’ll let the regulars get back to another remake of Rashomon and make this a drive-by. Excellent evening, all.
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
Bozo is sitting on all of the evidence.
You should have operatives waiting outside the door… and the moment he stands up, they can sneak in and grab the evidence,
Aser706
September 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
“Well I was not aware…”
“Great, works for me.”
What a joke.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 19th, 2012
9:18 pm
Well, all I know is if I’m ever a suspect in a crime, I’m going to appoint my buddy Jim Earl to give me a good look-see. I’ll make sure he looks for everything and finds nothing. Then I’ll make him write a report so I can hold it up to the whole world and talk about how wronged I’ve been. I don’t know if I’ll sue anybody for accusing me wrong yet. Depends on if there’s any money to be made from it.
Wish I’d thought of this scam way back there when I was running for President. I could of used the free press. Maybe people would of heard of me and I’d of got more than that plug nickle somebody mailed me right before I dropped out.
kayaker 71
September 19th, 2012
9:19 pm
Taxpayer, 9:17,
You are smarter than that. You can’t get an honest determination of who was complicit or who ordered what without evidence. And guess where it is. Sitting behind Bozo’s order of executive privilege. You know it and so do I.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
9:19 pm
You really have be some kind of gold plated dumb ass to believe that Holder was not complicit in this whole sordid mess.
You of course have evidence to back that up because if you are just pulling that out of your backside, the missing brainpower you have reflected upon appears to be your own.
double
September 19th, 2012
9:19 pm
I think the anvil fell on the cracker jack slug from the sewer seepage.Just saying.
getalife
September 19th, 2012
9:19 pm
I tried to remember when the cons got something right.
Still trying.
kayaker 71
September 19th, 2012
9:21 pm
Keep,9:19.
“Of course, you have to have evidence to back that up”……. I don’t have it, Keep. Bozo does.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
9:21 pm
And these are the same conned who tell us that if romney says he paid “taxes” we don’t need to verify, just trust him….
getalife
September 19th, 2012
9:22 pm
Innocent until proven guilty.
Still innocent .
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
9:23 pm
Yak yak, then I guess you don’t have squat. You better wash your hands after being so deep up in there.
kayaker 71
September 19th, 2012
9:27 pm
Well, it appears that that fine American liberal, that noise maker that you call a musician, the one that stated that Bush hates black people, that great American liberal sage who hosted Bozo at a fund raiser with his equally liberal squeeze…… states in a new rapper “song”, that Romney paid no taxes. Wonder if Romney could sue that hapless ignoramus for slander. No, we don’t hate you, Mr. West. We just celebrate the fact that an airhead like you could make comments like this in a free society. But, Mr. West, it goes both ways.
Jm
September 19th, 2012
9:27 pm
“Bozo is sitting on all of the evidence.”
He is not sitting. Remember, empty seat.
Jm
September 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
I don’t care about F and F immensely (or at all)
But a DOJ report is not real evidence
This is big league hardball
Holder would never be held accountable by these guys
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
“To help save the economy, the Obama Administration will announce
next month that the Immigration Department will start deporting
seniors (instead of illegals) in order to lower Social Security and Medicare costs.
Older people are easier to catch and will not remember how to get back home.”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
Have a nice trip, Senior Digits.
Jm
September 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
We should assassinate Assad
I don’t care if his wife is American
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Mohammed rode his camel sidesaddle !
O.K. Jay ………. if you don’t censor that, the AJC might have to increase its security budget.
sam
September 19th, 2012
9:38 pm
why would anyone believe a DOJ investigation of the facts when you can suck on all the BS fox and friends feeds you…the truth tastes bad, especially to a bunch of *******
Aser706
September 19th, 2012
9:43 pm
Hey!
Why is Holder taking the heat? Blame the President!
How many times do you here a lefty start the “well George Bush” cop-out?
I guess targeting Holder directly suggests political knowledge beyond knowing our President.
Ahem
September 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
Step right up, those with anything left in your bag o’ tricks, which can exonerate your boy, Oblunda?
Obama Gave Entertainment Mag Interview on Peak Day of Embassy Protests
New information reveals President Barack Obama conducted interviews with entertainment magazines and posed for a photo spread last Friday as American embassies burned and 21 countries erupted into anti-American protests.
Instead of spending precious time dealing with the developing crisis in the Mid East and with his foreign policy scheme in a total freefall, on Friday morning, September 14, Obama was giving an interview to the entertainment magazine People en Español and participating in a photo session with photographer Omar Cruz.
This interview was not on his public schedule and was hidden from the public.
Friday, September 14th was the same day that four flag-draped coffins of those killed at the U.S. Libyan embassy arrived at Andrews Air Force base.
The interview came to public attention when individuals who work for the magazine tweeted about their visit after the event was over.
Let’s face reality, and once and for all acknowledge that this joker is in over his head and is interested not in you; not in me; not in our country; not in our armed services; not in the poor; not in the blacks; not in the downtrodden; not in his own children’s future; not in his own freaking poverty stricken brother in Kenya; not in America’s perception around the globe; not in our founding principles; not in energy independence; not in job creation; not in national debt; not in one damn thing but himself. That is the truth and if you refuse to accept that and then vote for this man, then shame on you, yes, shame on you.
TN_Realist
September 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
I wandered it late today and decided to read through all the comments. More and more I see the divisions in this blog parallel modeling what is happening throughout this country. If information is disseminated and that information does not fit ones thoughts on the subject matter it is immediately condemned and ridiculed. Insults and epithers hurled without regard to anyone feelings or good manners.
EVERYONE knows that the President is “sitting” on the adverse evidence. EVERYONE knows the liberal mainstream media refuses to look beyong theie nose for the OBVIOUS evidence AG Holder is guilty. EVERYONE knows the internal investigation was rigged and the findings falsified. And on and on and on.
For one minute please slow and think,. If Dan Issa (R) CA had evidence to support the right’s position that AG Holder is indictable or guilty of a felony do you not supposed he would be holding press conference after press conference?
Have a nice evening all
Tundra Dude
September 19th, 2012
9:49 pm
Why can Congress start with a prayer but not the University of Tenn-O-see
To preserve the integrity of the game…(?)
Why do they want to pray……are they asking god to cheat…??
getalife
September 19th, 2012
9:52 pm
scout,
Where to?
Ahem
September 19th, 2012
9:52 pm
When Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen and the Government Accountability Institute reported that President Obama has attended less than half of his Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) on intelligence, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the findings “hilarious.” The next day, U.S. Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens and three American staff members were murdered.
President Obama has attended less than half of his Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs) on intelligence, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the findings “hilarious.” The next day, U.S. Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens and three American staff members were murdered.
According to Mr. Carney, Mr. Obama doesn’t need in-person briefings because the president gets the written version on his iPad:
He gets it every day, okay? The President of the United States gets the presidential daily briefing every day. There is a document that he reads every day when he is not — well, he always reads it every day because he’s a voracious consumer of all of his briefing materials.
But now, in an apparent 180-degree reversal, the White House official calendar shows that for the last four days Mr. Obama has ditched his iPad and has instead opted for the live briefings.
That’s a good thing. As Mr. Thiessen explains, the live briefings are far preferred over the written daily intel reports, because they offer presidents and their advisors an opportunity to drill down into intelligence threats and to challenge assumptions. “This process cannot be replicated on paper,” says Mr. Thiessen.
Still, Mr. Carney owes Mr. Thiessen an apology. Carney said Thiessen’s report was “hilarious” and flippantly dismissed the need for Mr. Obama to attend live intelligence briefings. Then, after four Americans were murdered and Mr. Obama’s foreign policy approval rating plunged, Mr. Obama has now decided to actually start showing up for his daily presidential intelligence briefings, just as Mr. Thiessen urged him to do.
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
9:53 pm
With a golf course, a water park and an elegant lodge that promises visitors “the welcoming embrace of luxury,” the Lake Lanier Islands Resort exudes abundance, not need.
So some were surprised when Gov. Nathan Deal agreed last month to spend $4.5 million to buy and rehabilitate a well to primarily serve the North Georgia resort, which is operated by a multimillionaire businessman.
The one and only Real Deal, the con’s con, at it again. He has obiously vowed not to be outdone by Sonny.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
9:53 pm
“To preserve the integrity of the game…(?)
Why do they want to pray……are they asking god to cheat…??”
No ………… to beat Georgia !!!
Chris Sanchez
September 19th, 2012
9:56 pm
Uh…nope, my boss didn’t do a thing wrong. Nothing to see here…move along. Right!
Jm
September 19th, 2012
9:57 pm
Assad
A$$hole
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
9:57 pm
O.K. ………….. what’s going on here? Something doesn’t add up.
“Administration misled public on two Libya embassy heroes…
Ex-Navy Seals weren’t part of ambassador’s security team… “
getalife
September 19th, 2012
9:58 pm
deal is just redistributing the wealth like the gop does all the time.
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:00 pm
Chris,
You are wrong like the rest of the cons.
Google it and learn something.
Jm
September 19th, 2012
10:01 pm
Scout 9:57
Never adds up with the Obama administration
Except for the debt
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 19th, 2012
10:01 pm
Why can Congress start with a prayer but not the University of Tenn-O-see?
Don’t worry about it. When Tenn. is down to UGA 35-0 after the first quarter, you’ll see plenty of praying.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
10:02 pm
Now this is a dangerous statement by a dangerous man.
UNITED NATIONS – “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in New York today that “free speech” has limits, especially when religious beliefs are involved.
“All of this freedom of expression should not be abused by individuals. … Some people abuse this freedom. This effort to provoke, to humiliate others by using (religious) beliefs cannot be protected in such a way.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
10:04 pm
Jm:
It will be interesting to see what really happened. If those two ex-SEALs weren’t part of his security and the remaining person was staff ………….. then just where was his security ???
Bobby
September 19th, 2012
10:05 pm
No it does not Jay. He is the man in charge. It is his responsibility…….you idiot….liberal. I bet you are just like Chris, you get that tingle up your leg just thinking about Obama….
Mr Right
September 19th, 2012
10:11 pm
Chris Sanchez
September 19th, 2012
9:56 pm
Uh…nope, my boss didn’t do a thing wrong. Nothing to see here…move along. Right!
That’s right Chris, no wrong doing at all, just move along, them crazy right wingers as Jay would call them!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
10:12 pm
UNFETTERED LIBERALISM:
“In an effort to comply with state laws about gender discrimination, a Rhode Island school district has banned father-daughter dances and mother-son baseball games after a single mom complained that her daughter wasn’t able to attend a dance.
The mother filed a complaint with the Rhode Island branch of the American Civil Liberties Union last May, saying that her child felt excluded from the dance because she did not have a father figure to take her. The dance was a longstanding event run by a parent-teacher organization.”
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
September 19th, 2012
10:13 pm
Don’t worry about it. When Tenn. is down to UGA 35-0 after the first quarter, you’ll see plenty of praying.
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:14 pm
scout,
Their Mohammad is more important to them than our Constitution silly.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
10:16 pm
getalife:
“Their Mohammad is more important to them than our Constitution silly.”
And therein lies the problem.
Steve Shamrock
September 19th, 2012
10:16 pm
Refuse to produce the requested documents and conduct an “internal investigation”…sounds ethical.
Next thing you know Obama and team will try to stimulate the economy and work out a deal with the Saudis to lower gas prices right before the election.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 19th, 2012
10:17 pm
getalife:
Mohammed wore pink panties.
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:17 pm
scout,
You will get your answers in the FBI report.
Like this IG report.
Facts still matter in the real world.
scott
September 19th, 2012
10:18 pm
Are you kidding me? An internal Justice Department report??? What did you expect the results to be? Jay, have you ever heard of “the fox watching the henhouse?” This admin breaks law after law and nothing is ever done. It is laughable that you put so much credence into this report.
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:18 pm
scout,
You spoke to him?
Did you speak to God too?
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:18 pm
Steve
What deal would they be working out.
Saudis already went public to say they would probably bolster output.
But keep up with those conspiracies.
You do a great job with that tinfoil hat on
Mr Right
September 19th, 2012
10:19 pm
TaxPayer
September 19th, 2012
8:47 pm
Romney vows to help the poor when he is talking to the poor but what would he say about the poor if he were talking to a group of the wealthiest? Hmmmmm.
Yea, the poor he was talking to paid $1,000 a plate to get in! Some rich poor people I would say!
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:19 pm
scott,
He reports to congress.
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:20 pm
Scout
Yes facts do matter. And as you say the “truth hurts”
There area times when the “truth” doesn’t match your perception and narrative, so it “hurts”.
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:22 pm
are times
Marc
September 19th, 2012
10:23 pm
Kind of like hiring the fox to guard the chicken coop!
Mr Right
September 19th, 2012
10:24 pm
Are you kidding me? An internal Justice Department report??? What did you expect the results to be? Jay, have you ever heard of “the fox watching the henhouse?” This admin breaks law after law and nothing is ever done. It is laughable that you put so much credence into this report
And what do you think the INTERNAL report will show on the leaks! NOTHING! And Jay will say, Yet another major right-wing outrage goes pffffft
Marc
September 19th, 2012
10:25 pm
Enter your comments here
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:27 pm
The truth just stings your pride in your beliefs a little.
It does not actually hurt.
The IG answers questions to congress tomorrow so watch it.
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:28 pm
getalife
A throne in his pride
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:32 pm
Both,
Tomorrow will be a new outrage and they will move on.
They will have another four years to face so that one will hurt.
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:33 pm
gatalife
We all have those “thrones” from time to time. I was just using the “truth hurts” with Scout because that seems to be one of his favorite lines
bman
September 19th, 2012
10:34 pm
I don’t know if you guys are paying attention but, it’s a pretty bad report. I don’t know if Holder knew about anything or not. An internal investigation is a joke, and democrats and republicans, libertarians etc…should not accept it.
Bernie Ebbers is sitting in prison asking himself…”internal investigation? Why didn’t I think of that?”
Istillcantshutupaboutbush
September 19th, 2012
10:35 pm
Heckuva job Holdie!
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:38 pm
bman.
It is over 400 pages long.
Have you read it?
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:38 pm
thorns not thrones
my bad
hahahaha
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:40 pm
Both,
Game of thrones
They BOTH suck
September 19th, 2012
10:42 pm
getalife
Hold it down and do what you do
I’m out
Peace
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:44 pm
I predicted some lower level guys tried to get in the drug cartels and it backfired.
corporate media read the report and said two lower level guys tried to make it a career move and it failed.
bman
September 19th, 2012
10:45 pm
Getalife .. .. No, I haven’t (and probably won’t).
I’m just saying that an “internal investigation” by the DOJ – on the DOJ is something that should not be accepted. Another independent group should step in.
Jm
September 19th, 2012
10:49 pm
Scout 10:02 and 10:04 agreed
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:49 pm
bman,
I think the investigation was a good one because we lost a Border Patrol Agent and congress wanted the truth.
He will answer questions for congress tomorrow on C Span if you still have doubt.
I think it is the truth.
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:51 pm
Also wait on the FBI report on Libya before falling for speculation.
That one will be the truth too.
Jm
September 19th, 2012
10:52 pm
Mohammed is also a cartoon
Jm
September 19th, 2012
10:54 pm
Obama is Garfield
Fat cat
Jm
September 19th, 2012
10:58 pm
Mohammed is Hobbes
Paper tiger
getalife
September 19th, 2012
10:59 pm
Economy is bouncing back, even housing.
Bad news for you cons.